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</b></font><font size="-1" face="Helvetica" color="#111E57"><b> <font color="111E57">Swiss
Benevolent Society<br>
Education Committee <br>
P.O. BOX 2137<br>
</font></b></font><font size="-1" face="Helvetica" color="111E57"><b>Chicago,
IL 60690-2137</b></font></p>
<p><font size="-1" face="Helvetica" color="111E57"><b>E-mail:<br>
[email protected] </b></font><font size="-1" face="Helvetica" color="111E57"><b><br>
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<p><font face="Charcoal" color="#111E57"><b><font face="Helvetica Neue" color="#111E57" size="6">Scholarship
Awards for<br>
Undergraduate College Students</font></b></font></p>
<p><font size="+4" face="Charcoal" color="#111E57"><b><font size="-1" face="Helvetica" color="#111E57"><b><font size="2">For
the academic year 2012/13, the Swiss Benevolent Society of
Chicago (SBS)
will make available scholarship awards for undergraduate college students
of Swiss descent. Awards will be distributed to the schools
qualifying
students will attend in 2012/13. Awards are for tuition only. Financial
need not being a requirement, all candidates will be judged
on academic
merit only. (Preference will be given to applicants pursuing their first
undergraduate degree.)</font></b></font></b></font></p>
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<p><b><font size="3" face="Helvetica" color="#CC3333">CRITERIA</font></b></p>
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<li><font color="111E57"><b><font size="-1" face="Helvetica">The applicant
must be either a Swiss National with permanent US residency permit
or of Swiss descent with documents of proof. Family genealogies are
not accepted as proof since they usually only indicate places of birth,
not places of origin (Heimatort) or a place of citizenship.</font></b></font></li>
<li><font color="111E57"><b><font size="-1" face="Helvetica">The applicant
must reside permanently in the state of Illinois or Southern Wisconsin
(Dane, Grant, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Kenosha, LaFayette, Milwaukee,
Ozoukee, Racine, Rock, Walworth, Washington, and Waukesha counties
only). Swiss students studying in the US on a student or visitor's
visa are not eligible.</font></b></font></li>
<li><font color="111E57"><b><font size="-1" face="Helvetica">The applicant
must indicate intent to attend college on a full-time basis
for the
entire 2012/13 school year. </font></b></font></li>
<li><font color="111E57"><b><font size="-1" face="Helvetica" color="CC3333">High
School seniors:</font><font size="-1" face="Helvetica"> <br>
The applicant must meet or exceed exam scores of 26 ACT. In addition
to the completed application, the applicant must
supply an officially signed and filled-out High School transcript,
including the 2011 fall term. IMPORTANT: The transcript must show
a <u>cumulative
grade point average</u> (GPA), <u>class rank,</u> and<u> ACT test scores</u>.</font></b></font></li>
<li><font color="111E57"><b><font size="-1" face="Helvetica" color="CC3333">College
<font color="111E57"><b><font color="#CC3333">Freshmen:<br>
</font><font color="111E57"><b><font color="111E57"><b><font size="-1" face="Helvetica">The
applicant must meet or exceed exam scores of 26 ACT. </font></b></font><font size="-1" face="Helvetica">The
applicant must supply, in addition to the completed application,
the official <font color="111E57"><b>ACT scores and a </b></font></font></b></font><font size="-1" face="Helvetica">university/college
transcript with a minimum of 3.3 grade point average (GPA on
a scale of 4 = A). It must contain information through December 31,
2011.</font></b></font></font></b></font></li>
<li><font color="111E57"><b><font size="-1" face="Helvetica" color="CC3333">Sophomores
and Juniors: </font><font size="-1" face="Helvetica"><br>
The applicant must supply, in addition to the completed application,
an official transcript for all course work completed at all institutions
attended. The university/college transcript must show a minimum
of 3.3 grade point average (GPA on a scale of 4 = A).
It must contain information through December 31, 2011.</font></b></font></li>
<li><font color="111E57"><b><font size="-1" face="Helvetica">Each applicant
will be required to write a composition on a topic outlined in the
application form.</font></b></font></li>
<li><font color="111E57"><b><font size="-1" face="Helvetica">All academic
credentials must be sent directly by the respective school administrations
to the Education Committee.</font></b></font></li>
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<p><font size="-1" face="Helvetica"><b><font color="111E57">All scholarship
applications will be examined, analyzed, and ranked. Incomplete documentation
establishing Swiss descent, academic standing or eligibility will result
in disqualification. The decisions of the SBS Education Committee are
final. </font></b></font></p>
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<p><font face="Helvetica" color="#CC3333"><b>APPLICATION DEADLINE</b></font></p>
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<p><b><font size="-1" face="Helvetica" color="111E57">Completed forms
and all other materials mentioned above must be postmarked no later
than April 15, 2012. Late entries will not be considered. Winners
will be notified after July 31, 2012.</font></b></p>
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<p><font face="Helvetica" color="#CC3333"><b>APPLICATION FORMS </b></font></p>
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<p><b><font size="-1" face="Helvetica" color="111E57">Current application
forms can be downloaded from this site. (You will need to download
both
forms (the Application and the Swiss Descent Form for a complete application.)
You will need to use the <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html">Adobe
Acrobat Reader</a> to open, view, and print the application form.
The Adobe Acrobat Reader software can be downloaded via this
page for free
if it is not already installed on your computer.</font></b></p>
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<p><b><font face="Helvetica" size="-1" color="CC3333"><a href="CollegeApplication-12-13.pdf">College
Application Form</a></font></b></p>
<p><b><font face="Helvetica" size="-1" color="CC3333"><a href="swissness-form.pdf">Swissness
Form</a></font></b> </p>
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<p><b><font size="-1" face="Helvetica" color="111E57">If you would like
an application form through the mail, please write to:</font></b></p>
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<p><font size="-1" face="Helvetica" color="#111E57">Swiss Benevolent
Society<br>
Education Committee<br>
P.O. BOX 2137<br>
Chicago, IL 60690-2137</font></p>
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<p><b><font size="-1" face="Helvetica" color="111E57">For questions, please
e-mail:</font></b></p>
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<p><font color="#111E57" size="2" face="Helvetica"><b>[email protected]</b></font></p>
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